Cockpit B50 Night Mission / Black-Orange / Bracelet

In Context

At 46 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 16.45 mm it is very tall, and sits high off the wrist. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

It is quartz, so it will hold time far more closely than any mechanical watch here, and asks for a battery every few years rather than a service.

VB5010A5/BD41/176V stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black matte dial with a titanium case.

The B50 is the SuperQuartz movement of the Cockpit B50: an analogue-digital instrument for pilots with a rechargeable battery and a mission timer. It powers 29 watches in this library, every one a 46 mm Cockpit B50. It is thermocompensated quartz, corrected against temperature by a thermistor and certified by the COSC, with a chronograph, a countdown, a second time zone, an electronic tachymeter and a chrono-flight function that records block and flight times, on two backlit liquid-crystal displays that light when the wrist is tilted. The battery recharges through a cable rather than being replaced, which was new for a Breitling in 2015. In the library it powers all 29 [Cockpit B50](/brands/breitling/cockpit-b50) references, in titanium and the blackened Night Mission editions. 8 are limited editions. The [Caliber 79](/calibers/breitling-caliber-79) is the older SuperQuartz multifunction of the Aerospace, the [B76](/calibers/breitling-caliber-b76) the Emergency II's, and the [B55](/calibers/breitling-caliber-b55) the connected version of the same movement in the Exospace.

28 other watches in the library run the Breitling Caliber B50.

Breitling

Cockpit B50 Night Mission / Black / Bracelet

VB501022/BD41/176V · 46 mm

Breitling

; Cockpit B50 Night Mission / Black-Orange / Rubber / Folding

VB5010A5/BD41/241S/V20DSA.2 · 46 mm

Breitling

Cockpit B50 Night Mission / Carbon Yellow / Rubber / Boutique Edition

VB50128Y.BE74.242S · 46 mm

Breitling

Cockpit B50 Night Mission / Black-Yellow / Bracelet

VB5010A4/BD41/176V · 46 mm